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Dec. 21, 1965 H. E. clRAsUNDA 3,224,777

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United States Patent O 3,224,777 POCKETED BALL GAME DEVICE WITH TALLY MEANS Helen E. Cirasunda, St. Joseph Convent, Wall St., Hudson Falls, N.Y. Filed Apr. 8, 1963, Ser. No. 271,427 2 Claims. (Cl. 273-123) This invention has to do with a game device wherein balls are propelled by a cue into ball receiving depressions formed in a flat surface in groups having a particular pattern.

The invention has as an object a game device of inexpensive construction for use by 2, 3 or 4 players, and embodying a layout of the ball receiving depressions in a unique arrangement and group pattern, requiring particular skill on the part of the players and inciting interest in the game.

The invention has as a further object a game device of the type referred to wherein the board, or flat sur face, on which the game is played, as a perimetric flange graduated along its upper surface with indicia, and provided with a slide member cooperable with such indicia for visually indicating the score of each player as the game progresses.

In describing the invention, reference is made to accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE l is a top plan view of the game device embodying my invention.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of one corner of the device with parts in section.

The device consists of at board of square form formed of suitable rigid material. The board 10 is preferably mounted on a rectangular frame 11. A flange 12 is fixedly secured along each side edge of the board andextends upwardly therefrom. These anges meet at the corners of the board to form a continuous barrier Wall extending around the perimeter :of the board.

The upper, or top, surface of the board is formed with groups of ball receiving depressions 13. There is a group of the depressions 13 located adjacent to each side ange 12, midway between the cor-ners of the board. Each group of the ball receiving depressions 13 is of triangular formation, with the apex thereof terminating at or adjacent to the contiguous side flange 12, and with the base of the triangular formation facing the center of the board, as shown in FIGURE 1. Each group may contain any desired number of depressions 13, there being one such depression for each ball used by a player in playing the game. From experience, I have found that ten balls for each player is the most desirable number, and accordingly, there are ten depressions 13 in each group.

A ball spotting depress-ion 16 is formed in the top surface of the board 10 inwardly, a short distance, from the base of each group of ball receiving depressions.

In playing the game, each player plays from a selected side of the board. The general object of the game is to propel the balls from the ball spotting depression 16 across the board into one of the ball receiving depressions 13 in the group at the opposite side of the boad.

It will be apparent that different sets of rules may be used in playing the game, for example, the rst player propels the ball from the ball spotting recess 16 on his side of the table toward the opposite group of ball receiving recesses 13. If the ball enters and remains in one of such recesses, he has another turn, and so continues until a ball does not remain in a ball receiving recess. In that event, the next player has his turn, using the same procedure. A new or different ball must be used each time a player executes a turn until all of his balls are on the table.

3,224,777 Patented Dec. 21, 1965 rice Each time a player succeeds in getting a ball in a recess 13 in his group and the ball remains there, the player receives a point.

To aid in keeping a visual talley of each players score, each of the side flanges 12 is provided, on its upper surface, with indicia in the form of a numerical scale 17. A tally indicating member is movable to successive positions along each of sai-d yside flanges and is cooperable with the indicia thereon to keep tally of the game. Preferably, the tally indicating member is in the form of a slider 18. The slider 18 is formed of sheet material to U shape, with the leg portions 20 overlapping the inner and outer sides of the flanges 12, and the ends of the legs 20 are bent inwardly into grooves 21 formed in the sides of the flanges. Each time a player is successful in positioning a ball in a recess in his group, and the ball remains there, he moves the slider 18 to the right one graduation. With this arrangement, each players score, at any time, is visible to all of the players.

rThe board 10 is provided at each corner area with a compartment provided with a detachable cover for the storage of balls not in play. These compartments may ,be formed by a partition member 23 located at each corner of the board and extending to the adjacent side rails 12. These partition members form triangular shaped compartments or receptacles 25, in which the balls are stored until used by the players. Each compartment 25 is provided with a triangular shaped cover 27 formed preferably of transparent plastic material, or the like. An eye screw 29 is carried by each partition member 23, and the cover is formed with a -slot 30 extending perpendicular with member 25 to receive the eye screw 29, which when turned serves to secure the cover to the partition member 23. The marginal portions of the remaining two sides of the cover extend into the slots 21 formed on the inner sides of the rails 12.

The device may be formed of any desired dimension, but I have found if the board 10 has side dimensions in the neighborhood of 36 inches, the device is readily portable and may be provided with legs attached to the sub-frame 11, and foldable upwardly against the underside of the board 10. Also, the device may be provided with a suitable cover member having means for retaining the cues therein, whereby the entire device may be readily and conveniently transported as a piece of traveling baggage and quickly set up and put into use.

What I claim is:

1. A game device comprising a flat board of square form having a ange extending upwardly from each side edge, said anges joining at the corners of the board to provide a barrier about the perimeter of the board, a group of ball receiving depressions formed in the upper surface of said board `adjacent each of said side flanges midway of the adjacent corners of the board, the depressions in each of said groups being arranged in triangular formation with the apex thereof in proximity to the contiguous side flange and the base of said triangular formation facing the center of the board, a ball spotting depression formed in the upper surface of said board adjacent the base of each of said groups of ball receiving depressions, whereby a spotted ball may be propelled by a cue or the like from said spotting depression toward the group of receiving depressions at the opposite side of the board, the upper surface of said board being free of depressions other than said triangular formations and spotting depressions, each of said flanges being provided with indicia along its upper surface, and a tally indicating member having sliding interlocking engagement with each of said side llanges and being movable to successive positions along each of said side flanges and cooperable with the indicia thereon to keep tally of the game.

2. A game device comprising a flat board of square form having a ange extending upwardly from each side edge, said flanges joining at the corners of the broad to provide a barrier about the perimeter of the board, a group of ball receiving depressions formed in the upper surface `of said board adjacent each of said side anges midway of the adjacent corners of the board, the depressions in each of said groups being arranged in triangular formation with the apex thereof in proximity to the contiguous side flange and the base of said triangular formation facing the center of the board, a ball spotting depression formed in the upper surface of said board adjacent the base of each of said groups of ball receiving depressions, whereby la spotted ball may be propelled by a cue or. the like from said spotting depression toward the group of receiving depressions at the opposite side of the board, the upper surface of said board being free of depressions other than said triangular formations and spotting depressions, each of said flanges being provided with indicia along its upper surface, the opposite vertical side walls of each of said anges being formed with References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 115,576 1/1871 Con 273-123 424,705 4/ 1890 Fahnestock 273-115 607,031 7/1898 Gilbert 273-123 1,207,905 12/1916 Hallam 273-123 1,588,766 1/1926 Massey 273-123 2,264,492 12/ 1941 Weaver et al. 273-130 2,553,913 5/1951 Gleasman 273-153 X DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner.

RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Examiner. 

1. A GAME DEVICE COMPRISING A FLAT BOARD OF SQUARE FORM HAVING A FLANGE EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM EACH SIDE EDGE, SAID FLANGES JOINING AT THE CORNERS OF THE BOARD TO PROVIDE A BARRIER ABOUT THE PERIMETER OF THE BOEAD, A GROUP A BALL RECEIVING DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BOARD ADJACENT EACH OF SAID SIDE FLANGES MIDWAY OF THE ADJACENT CORNERS OF THE BOARD, THE DEPRESSIONS IN EACH OF SAID GROUPS BEING ARRNAGED TO THE CONFORMATION WITH THE APEX THEREOF IN PROXIMITY TO THE CONTIGUOUS SIDE FLANGE AND THE BASE OF SAID TRIANGULAR FORMATION FACING THE CENTER OF THE BOARD, A BALL SPOTTING DEPRESSION FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BOARD ADJACENT THE BASE OF EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF BALL RECEIVING DEPRESSIONS, WHEREBY A SPOTTED BALL MAY BE PROPELLED BY A CUE OR THE LIKE FROM SAID SPOTTING DEPRESSION TOWARD THE GROUP OF RECEIVING DEPRESSIONS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOARD, THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BOARD BEING FREE OF DEPRESSIONS OTHER THAN SAID TRIANGULAR FORMATIONS AND SPOTTING DEPRESSIONS, EACH OF SAID FLANGES BEING PROVIDED WITH INDICIA ALONG ITS UPPER SURFACE, AND A TALLY INDICATING MEMBER HAVING SLIDING INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AND BEING MOVABLE TO SUCCESSIVE POSITIONS ALONG EACH OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AND COOPERABLE WITH HE INDICIA THEREON TO KEEP TALLY OF THE GAME. 